Religion: We reviewed Easter and the signs of new life. Jonathan enjoyed completing page 312 in his We Believe textbook, which was a coded message. Jonathan deciphered the code using numbers and letters to reveal the message, “Rejoice, Jesus died and rose to new life!” Language Arts: It is Word Work Wednesday! We used the word “oppose” to focus on today. We found the definition and part of speech in a dictionary packet, the guide words on the top of the dictionary page, identified a synonym and antonym, and used the word in a sentence. We reviewed guide words and discussed how the first guide word is the first word on the page and the last guide word is the last definition on the page. Next, Jonathan read an article entitled, Discover the
Rainforest on www.readworks.org. We discussed the vocabulary terms layer and wildlife and read these words in sentences for extra practice and examples. Jonathan then completed a follow-up assessment. He did very well and we elaborated on some of his responses to expand for details. These quizzes offer a fill in the blank with a conjunction word such as so, because, and but. These have been a little tricky for him and we will continue to work on this skill. For writing, Jonathan wrote about the yellow-spotted river turtle of the Amazon River. He wrote three paragraphs, with three sentences each. We worked through the process together, examining our notes and then discussing ways to make an informative sentence. For the start of each paragraph, we discussed indenting and then ways to use different wording for transition. Jonathan illustrated a picture of the turtle in its habitat. He colored this picture and as well as colored his drawing on his boa constrictor page. Finally, Jonathan was excited to start our new Magic Tree House novel, Sunset of the Sabertooth. We read the first two chapters and answered follow up questions for comprehension as well. We wrapped up the day with a little more sorting of syllables on IXL.